Courtney Lawes has admitted that he was shocked and saddened by Eddie Jones’s departure, admitting that he was not consulted by the Rugby Football Union and was unaware that any players had been.
Until he suffered nerve damage in his neck, the 33-year-old captain was scheduled to continue leading England to their series victory in Australia in the fall.
He was greatly missed because England only won one of its four matches and finished the year with five victories from 12 Tests, including the terrible loss to South Africa in the season finale.
Bismarck the Great: Even though Jones fought for his job at a meeting at Twickenham last week, he was fired after seven years in the position.
Lawes responded when asked if he was invited to contribute, ” I wasn’t, no. None of the players, I believe, were.
That was really all I could do. Given that it was so close to the World Cup, I was quite surprised. Eddie’s World Cup record is quite impressive. The past few years haven’t been great for us, but the World Cups are different for us because we get to play as a team for three or four months and spend so much time together.
It’s difficult to see. There is not much you can say about the situation now that you have been removed from the previous camp and do not know what transpired or how the players were truly feeling. We were moving in the right direction from the tour of Australia; I thought we had made a lot of progress toward the World Cup, and for whatever reason, we weren’t able to move forward with that this fall.
Lawes starts Sunday’s match against Munster, making his first appearance in 11.
weeks off the bench in Northampton’s crushing loss to La Rochelle. A setback in training three weeks later led to further investigation, including a brain scan, and the conclusion that Lawes had suffered further problems with his vestibular system, an issue that kept him out of the game for six weeks at the beginning of the year. Lawes initially believed that his injury was a concussion, which was caused by a blow to the back of the head.
Lawes admits that he was worried about his long-term future because of a recurring problem, but the specialist assured him before he returned.
He stated, “I suppose it is quite worrying.” To be honest, I was more concerned about what it means for the future because you hear a lot of stories, but I spoke with the specialist again and said: “I had a similar thing before and he explained to me that your vestibular system is to do with your eyes, your Moreover, he reassured me by stating that while it might raise your odds slightly,